See Also: Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
See Also: FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
The list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 , during a game of Hearts between J. Edgar Hoover , Director of the United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation , and William Kinsey Hutchinson ,1 International News Service (the predecessor of the United Press International ) Editor-in-Chief, who were discussing ways to promote capture of the FBI's "toughest guys." This discussion turned into a published article, which received so much positive publicity that on March 14 , 1950 , the FBI officially announced the list to increase law enforcement's ability to capture dangerous fugitives.
The list itself has no particular ranking. This may be because the FBI does not want to promote competition between criminals to gain the Number 1 spot. However, the FBI has in the past identified individuals by the sequence number in which each individual has appeared on the list. Some individuals have even appeared twice, and often a sequence number was permanently assigned to an individual suspect who was soon caught, captured, or simply removed before his or her appearance could be published on the publicly released list. In those cases, the public would see only gaps in the number sequence reported by the FBI. For convenient reference, the FBI wanted suspect sequence numbers and dates of entry to appear below, whenever possible.
Individuals are removed from this list upon capture or death, and replaced by a new entry selected by the FBI. Individuals can also be taken off the list should the charges against them be dropped. In five cases, the FBI removed individuals from the list after deciding that they were no longer a "particularly dangerous menace to society". Donald Eugene Webb , added to the list in 1981, was on the list longer than anyone, at 25 years, 10 months, and 27 days.2 Billie Austin Bryant spent the shortest amount of time on the list, being listed for two hours in 1969.3 On very rare occasions, the FBI will add a "Number Eleven" if that individual is extremely dangerous but the Bureau does not feel any of the current ten should be removed.John Douglas&Mark Olshaker, ''Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's elite serial crime unit'', 1995, by Midhunters, Inc.
The list is commonly posted in public places such as Post Office s. Listed fugitives have been known to turn themselves in upon becoming aware of their listing. As of May 12 , 2007 , 486 fugitives have been listed (eight of them women), and 455 captured or located, FBI TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVE JOHN W. PARSONS APPREHENDED AT CHILLICOTHE, OHIO , FBI National Press Release, October 19, 2006 148 (}}%) of them due to public assistance. That produces a success rate of }}%.
The FBI also maintains a list of Most Wanted Terrorists , along with FBI Crime Alerts , Missing Persons , and other fugitives.
The most recent Ten Most Wanted Fugitive captured is Richard Steve Goldberg .
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"10" Glen Stewart Godwin
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/December_7" class="copylinks">December 7 , 1996
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"4" valign="top" ''' Glen Stewart Godwin ''' is being sought for his 1987 escape from Folsom State Prison in California , where he was serving a lengthy sentence for murder He was subsequently imprisoned in Mexico on drug trafficking charges, but escaped from prison there as well The reward for information leading to Godwin's capture is $100,0005
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"10" Osama bin LadenAll official US posting has the name starting with a '''U''' and not an '''O'''
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/June_7" class="copylinks">June 7 , 1999
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"4" valign="top" ''' Osama Bin Laden ''' is the leader of Al-Qaeda , and is wanted in connection with the August 7 , 1998 , Bombings Of The United States Embassies in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania , and Nairobi, Kenya These attacks killed over 200 people bin Laden and al-Qaeda are also responsible for the October 12 , 2000 , Attack on the USS ''Cole'' off the coast of Yemen , which killed 17 Although bin Laden also later appeared on the first publicly released FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list on October 10 , 2001 , he was listed there for the 1998 embassy attack, and not for his alleged role in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks that killed nearly 3,000, because the most wanted lists name fugitives charged with a crime by a Prosecutor or under Indictment by a Grand Jury Bin Laden was named as an ''unindicted co-conspirator'' in, for instance, the federal indictment against convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui , but has not been formally indicted for his role in the September 11, 2001 attacks
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"10" James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/August_19" class="copylinks">August 19 , 1999
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"4" valign="top" ''' James J Bulger ''' is wanted for his role in numerous murders (18 counts) committed from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s in connection with his leadership of an organized crime group that allegedly controlled extortion, drug deals, and other illegal activities in the Boston, Massachusetts, area He has a violent temper and is known to carry a knife at all times He was once the boss of Boston's Winter Hill Gang before he went into hiding The reward for information leading to Bulger's capture is $1,000,0008
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"10" Jon Schillaci
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/September_7" class="copylinks">September 7 , 2007
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"4" valign="top" ''' Jon Schillaci ''' was released from prison in Sugarland , Texas in the summer of 1999 He had served his full sentence of ten years for molesting a young boy After his release, Schillaci managed to convince a New Hampshire family that he had become a changed man, and the family was convinced Schillaci allegedly molested the family's 5 year-old son 9
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"10" Robert William Fisher
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/June_29" class="copylinks">June 29 , 2002
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"4" valign="top" ''' Robert William Fisher ''' is wanted for allegedly killing his wife and two young children and then blowing up the house in which they all lived in Scottsdale, Arizona in April of 2001 The reward for information leading to Fisher's capture is $100,00010
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"10" Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/May_6" class="copylinks">May 6 , 2004
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"4" valign="top" ''' The North Valley Cartel is believed to be the most powerful and violent drug trafficking organization in Colombia The cartel reportedly relies heavily for protection on illegal armed groups, taking help from right-wing paramilitaries as well as leftist rebels The State Department's Narcotics Rewards Program is offering a $5,000,000 reward for information leading to Montoya's capture11
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"10" Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/March_17" class="copylinks">March 17 , 2005
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"4" valign="top" ''', 2002 , inside a burned-out vehicle He may be travelling with his brother, Simon Lopez-Orozco, and Simon's wife, both of whom have been charged as accessories in the crime Reward of up to $100,00012
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"10" Emigdio Preciado, Jr
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/March_14" class="copylinks">March 14 , 2007
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"4" valign="top" ''' Emigdio Preciado, Jr ''' is wanted for opening fire on two sheriff's deputies in Los Angeles, California on September 5 , 2000 , seriously injuring one of them He was believed to be heading to a gang-related drive-by shooting at the time The FBI believes he may be in Mexico 13 The reward for information leading to Preciado's capture is $100,00014
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/June_2" class="copylinks">June 2 , 2007
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"4" valign="top" ''' Alexis Flores ''' (born July 18 , 1975 ), is wanted for the kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Iriana DeJesus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , in July 2000
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